Malcolm GrovesMalcolm Groves has over 30 years experience working at the leading edge of school transformation and developing the interface between school and community. As Senior Adviser to the Specialist Schools Trust, he helped to refocus the nature of specialit schools after the 1997 election. He has been an OFSTED registered inspector and a local authority inspector for community education.
His career also includes deputy headship in London and a period as deputy chief executive of a national youth organisation. He was the first youth community tutor in Kent, pioneering approaches to the community involvement of young people and their active participation in decision-making. He currently works nationally as an education consultant and has developed the well-regarded Community Leadership Programme for the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.